Swing Girls Page #3

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5 High School Students Triumph

"Who conquered the boar that

had been ruining crops

"Herein, we express our gratitude.'

We did it! Amazing!

Now we can buy those instruments

Should we find another boar?

I felt a little sorry

for that poor boar

He was raiding fields.

It was God's justice!

I told you, used instruments

work just fine

Hey! What are you doing?

Oh, no!

The pits

It won't budge

What are you doing?

Look

What? What?

Where'd it go! Where'd it go!

This is exactly. what I meant

about used instruments

Then why didn't you say so

before we bought them?

You're the only one who has a clue!

Get with it!

But...

Don't "but' me

We spent all our money!

What do we do now!

You might be able to fix it.

Don't tell me...

Oh, my, he's kinda cute

These the chicks?

You chose them over us?

That's a helluva attitude

You've got a helluva nerve

showin' up here

You tell 'em

You're the band breakers

You said you'd repair stuff

Yeah I did.

That's why I told you to come here

I'm still crazy about you

I'm so over you

I know that.

But that's OK

Long as you know my feelings

You, too, bro?

I don't feel sh*t

You giving up?

Shut up!

You chase your own dreams, Hiromi

I'll root for you from afar

Cut the crap! I hate it when you

wimp out like that

Things are kinda complicated.

Now you're crying again.

Kick the depression, be a man

That's why your looks

don't match your music

That's why we quit the band

But that's OK

Just getting to see you

again is plenty

We decided to form a folk duo

We've even got a new song

Will you please listen to it?

All right, we'll listen

That's what you want, right?

It's called...

"You Ditched Me but I Love You'

"Do you mind

"if I weep out loud?

"I'm sorry

thinking of you again,

"brings tears to my eyes

"Cry baby wimp, coward

"God I'm hopeless"

This is great

Look, look, this is pretty

This? How's this?

It's 1.5mm short

God, you're picky

Who cares?

No, find a perfect fit

Look what I found

Watch it

Watch it

Cut the noise

You're a community menace

What the hell! Cut it out!

Why the hell not?

We paid for the Karaoke room

Using my electricity, too!

The other guests are

complaining about the noise!

Dammit! Where are we gonna go?

Listen, you could play

that stuff at my place

Hip Jazz from the Swing Girls

- Cut it out!

- Sorry

You call that crap jazz!

If you wanna play at band

do it at school

Cut it out, cut it out

Your music's wrecking my business

Never should've asked you

Give a call if you get another gig

Not very likely

Where's Sekiguchi?

Thank you

Who was that?

I can't see very well...

Some guy I don't know... I think

He said we gotta have swing

Swing? What does he know?

That hitting the same groove

matters more than the notes

Oh, yeah?

Wait a second!

Hey hurry

Pack up

Somebody help

After him!

Wait, mister!

Mister, wait!

Hey, wait!

He's getting away

That's not a very good idea.

Amazing

He's really swirling brandy.

Um... why'd you run away

from us before, teacher?

I hate kids

Besides, when I hear you

massacre the music.

it ticks me off!

Don't touch!

You have to handle records with care

This album's by the sax player

Cannonball Adderley

It's called "Poll Winners'

It's a rare one,

you can't find in Japan

I'm sorry

This is Eric Dolphy,

recorded live at a New York club

called the Five Spot,

back in 1961

Playing in his band,

Booker Little, on trumpet,

on piano...

He's so cool

On bass, Richard Davis,

on drums...

Jazz 101

Get Really Good Really Fast

You mean, you got this for us?

Yeah, yeah.

Figured that'd be a good place

for you guys to start

I knew it, you're going

to teach us, jazz. right?

Way to go!

Please, teacher

Oh, no no

Please

Guess I'll go with free improv...

That's enough

Forget about that stuff until

you've mastered the basics

Sorry

That was just a big mess

How long have you been

playing sax?

Jazz 101

I ordered the sax and the book

together 3 years ago,

and practiced for a week,

but I never got anywhere

There's a lot of men like that

They just do it to get girls

Why'd you decide to

take it up again?

I have my reasons.

I bet it's for a woman

You know it

For sure

It's not like that this time!

Whats wrong with you two,

belittling me!

Calm down, now

But you don't read

a note of music, right?

I'm sorry

What an idiot!

With my technique,

even a beginner,

can learn to play very well.

Trust me

For starters

let's focus on the beat

Jazz is played to a unique rhythm...

You accent the backbeat

With most music,

you accent the top of the beat

But, in jazz, it's the opposite

Just follow that beat,

you can jazz up anything

Try it

No, no

All wrong

Huh?

What are you doing?

Is this jazz?

Are you nuts?

No, it's not

Wow! It sure is jazz now

Swing!

Mom, who are they?

Don't look

On Sale Today

So this is jazz...

Just like street hawkers.

Thank you, thank you

And now for our one-day

specials

That's just 198 Yen

The price is only good today

Tomoko dinner's chicken-egg rice bowl

After 7, we'll eat without you

You mean pork-egg

Leave me alone...

Aki, we're going inside the store

I'll watch my sister play

See you tomorrow

What the hell,

those chicks ditched us.

Expensive!

For real?

They added an extra zero in there

What do you want?

Got any used ones, right now?

Sell those designer rags you're

wearing and you can by new ones

Look at this!

Student Music Festival

Band Application

What? You already knew?

We just found out.

An annual music festival in the city

The city! It's our chance to play

a big concert hall! We have to!

Of course we do!

Say, teacher, you'll conduct, right?

What? Um...

If you insist...

Excellent

But not so fast

We haven't been invited just yet

We have to audition with a

performance video

Audition? You mean there's a jury?

They usually accept you,

unless you're totally hopeless

Oh, good.

How pathetic if we don't make it

When shall we do it? Today?

While we're at it might as well

find a pretty background

Right on

Here, all yours

I'll send it off.

Thanks for coming on a Sunday

No big deal

Um, teacher,

about that last part,

are you sure that was OK?

I always feel like I hold back

on that high note

It's this spot, in the song

Could you coach me privately.

But you know...

I thought you were fine

Oh, teacher...

How dare you!

Sorry!

I'm pissed!

Idiot

How about this look?

I wanna look cool

Really sharp and grown up

Spying?

What a shock

How long have you been here?

From the start

You were checking out our uniforms?

I hear you guys auditioned, too?

Yes

As a jazz band?

That's classified

No, any magic tricks?

We all get cut in half

It's Big Band jazz

Oh, right of course

To a classical musician,

jazz is like

It's hard to catch the rhythm

or get into the music

What? Then what about all those

jazz albums on the shelf?

Oh, about 2 or 3 years ago,

Ozawa, the math teacher,

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